Nursing & Allied Health Professions: Health Professions

Useful Online Library Resources

The department of Health Professions offers programs in Medical Assisting, Practical Nursing, Radiologic Technology, Respiratory Care, Surgical Technology, Nursing, and Pharmacy Technology. The library has several materials online and in print to support these programs.

Global Infectious Diseases & Epidemiology Online network is an interactive and comprehensive tool used for diagnosis and reference in the fields of tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology, microbiology and antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Pharmacy databases on complementary and alternative therapies. Send email to amorse@naturalstandard.com to receive a free copy of the mobile version of Natural Standard (faculty, students, staff only).

Finding books/items in the library

Items in the library tend to be arranged by call number (the number on the sticker on the spine of the item). Books are downstairs and media is up in the loft. Some relevant call numbers for Health Professions are:

Medicine and Health: 610.14-618.97

The library also has a number of journals that can be read in print when you have a few minutes between classes, or anytime you have interest. Current issues are kept in the rack by the door and past issues are toward the back right of the library. Titles include:

Here's the website that the St. Pat's Librarian, Dana Kopp, created. Some resources are only available in the hospital library, which is free and open for you to use.

Search Everything

Despite its name, the Search Everything search doesn't search everything, but it's a good starting point for gathering information. I recommend moving on to a subject specific database in most cases once you've done some preliminary investigation in the Search Everything search.